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| A&E waiting times at Glasgow hospital improve but remain below target | |
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| Accident and emergency waiting times at Scotland's newest hospital have improved since trouble-shooters arrived - but they are still below standard. | Accident and emergency waiting times at Scotland's newest hospital have improved since trouble-shooters arrived - but they are still below standard. |
| Ministers ordered specialists in after it emerged the the £842m South Glasgow University Hospital was the worst-performing in Scotland. | Ministers ordered specialists in after it emerged the the £842m South Glasgow University Hospital was the worst-performing in Scotland. |
| Figures last week showed 78.3% of A&E patients were seen and treated within four hours, well below the 95% target. | Figures last week showed 78.3% of A&E patients were seen and treated within four hours, well below the 95% target. |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) said the average was now 89.6%. | NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) said the average was now 89.6%. |
| NHS GGC chief executive Robert Calderwood acknowledged that there was still work to do to meet the national target of 95%. | NHS GGC chief executive Robert Calderwood acknowledged that there was still work to do to meet the national target of 95%. |
| Improvements required | Improvements required |
| "There is still some way to go to achieving a sustained performance and improvement is still required to achieve the national target consistently but I am confident that we are moving in the right direction," he said. | "There is still some way to go to achieving a sustained performance and improvement is still required to achieve the national target consistently but I am confident that we are moving in the right direction," he said. |
| The 1,109-bed hospital, which began taking patients in April, was built on the site of the Southern General and is one of the largest acute hospitals in the UK. | The 1,109-bed hospital, which began taking patients in April, was built on the site of the Southern General and is one of the largest acute hospitals in the UK. |
| The new campus replaces the Royal Hospital for Sick Kids at Yorkhill, the Southern General Hospital, the Western and Victoria Infirmaries, and the Mansionhouse Unit. | The new campus replaces the Royal Hospital for Sick Kids at Yorkhill, the Southern General Hospital, the Western and Victoria Infirmaries, and the Mansionhouse Unit. |
| Mr Calderwood again stressed that the process of transferring these services to the new hospital had been challenging but said progress was being made. | Mr Calderwood again stressed that the process of transferring these services to the new hospital had been challenging but said progress was being made. |
| "There is no doubt that change on this scale - the biggest hospital migration ever undertaken in the UK - has been a significant challenge to our unscheduled care performance," he said. | "There is no doubt that change on this scale - the biggest hospital migration ever undertaken in the UK - has been a significant challenge to our unscheduled care performance," he said. |
| "However, our teams have been responding quickly and effectively to these challenges and the tireless efforts of managers and clinicians are now bearing fruit in the form of an improving A&E performance." | "However, our teams have been responding quickly and effectively to these challenges and the tireless efforts of managers and clinicians are now bearing fruit in the form of an improving A&E performance." |